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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-03-19

A locomotive has just been COM
pleted at the Rhode Island Loco
motive Works in Providence that
is said to be the largest and fastest
passenger locomotive ever con-
structed. It has been built for the
New York, Providence 4 Boston
road, and will be run between
Providence, r. l., and Groton,
Conn. It will, it is calculated,
draw eight passenger cars over the
road between the two points, a
distance of 62.5 miles, in 62.5 min
utes, including a full stop at the
Mystic draw bridge. Everything
about the locomotive is steel there
is not a particle of brass or bright
work. The weight of the engine
proper is $4,000 to $4,000 pounds,
and to make the fire before starting
from the round-house will require
three tons of hard coal. Four tons
more and 1000 gallons of water
will be carried in the tender. The
boiler is 81 inches in diameter at
the smoke-stack, the main driving
wheels 6 feet, the cylinders Is
inches, with 24-inch stroke, the fire
box 125 inches long and 43 inches
wide.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-03-19

Upcle Bob Hardtack was telling
the writer his experience in cross
ing the plains coming to Califor-
MIA in 40.
ave started out all right from old
Pike with a dern splendid OK team,
and got along we'll enough coming
up the Platte, but afore we got to
Sweetwater we lost half of our
team. We had to throw away one
thing after the other to tighten the
load, and when we got to Salt Lako
the dcrn Mormons and their Injun
friends gin us the devil.
Finally we got to almost hatin'
each other. We had told our little
stories over and over again, and
couldn't think of anything new to
talk about. For days we come
along plum worn out, hardly
speakin' civil word from morning
to night, each ready for a growl or
any kind of meanness. On a trip
like that, me boy, if there's any dog
in a mans disposition the har's
bound to stick out.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-03-19

George Gore, the Chicago clubs
famous center fielder. who has
signed with the New York club for
this season, is q native of Maine,
and the Portland Argus thus de-
scribes his first appearance in a
match game:
Several years ago the Fall Rivers
went to Portland to play a game
with the crack nine of the town.
When the two clubs appeared upon
the field to engage in the contest it
was discovered that the Portlands
were short a man, and they were
in dilemma in consequence. Fin
ally, after the crowd of spectators
had been canvassed in vain for IL
man to fill the vacancy, a big, strap
ping, barefooted fellow who was
the persOnificatiOn Of rural simple
ity, stepped forward and said he
would play if they wanted him to.
He was unknown, but the local nine
was in a condition to grasp at
straw, and excepted the proffered
services. The barefooted country
man was Gore, and he was put out
into the field. The first ball the
Fall Rivers knocked was long hy
that sailed towards Cores territory.
All eyes turned in his direction, and
the Portlands mentally kicked them
selves as the batter began his round
of the bases for having put a green
one in that particular field, suppos-
ing, of course, he would muff the
ball. But Gore was equal to the
emergency, and spreading his paws,
he captured the fly with the same
ease that has since characterized
his play.
The Fall Rivers had a pitcher that
day who was considered a perfect
terror, and the POrtlands went down
before them like grain in the face of
high wind. When, however, it
came Cores turn at the plate, he
swung the bat around with giant
strength, met the ball and lifted it
far over the center fielder's head to
the great astonishment of every
body, including the Fall Rivers
themselves. Throughout the game
he distinguished himself, capturing
fly after fly as they came his way,
and hit the ball every time he came
to the bat. He was the hero of the
day and the admiration of all. Af-
ter the game the manager Of the
visiting club stepped up to him and
asked him what he did for a living.
"Odd jobs on a farm over in Sac
carap," he said. He told the man
ager he would like first rate to play
for living and the interview re-
suited in Cores engaging to play
with the Fall Rivers at a salary of
$8 a week and going home with
them. From Fall. River he drifted
over into New York State, thence
to Chicago, and now he is a $4,000
man with the New York club.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-03-19

AN old tramp who had agreed 10
saw wood for half an hour for his
breakfast from a Baltimore woman,
quit at the seventh stick and said,
Madam, l have struck for moro
breakfast and less wood are you
willing to arbitrator" Certainly"
she replied, and she left the case in
the hand of her bulldog, who run
the tramp half a mile and decided
that a lockout Was inevitable.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-03-19

A few nights ago two rOugh-l0Ok'
ing men were seated at table III q
South Fifth avenue saloon, putting
their short-stemmed pipes and slow
ly slipping Italian schooners of beer.
"What has become of Harry p
said one. II have not seen him
since he was took sick"
"What has become of him?" an
swered the other; "why he's turned
hospital rounder.'"
In the conversation which ensued
the meaning of the term was clearly
set forth.
A "hospital rounder" is a pauper
invalid who goes from hospital to
hospital, and from city to city, un-
til death puts an end to his wan
derings. In most cases he is afflicted
with some incurable disease. Un-
like the majority of the extreme
peor, who prefer to suffer in squalor,
surrounded by their friends, he de-
mands the best attendants, the best
medical care and greatest amount
of comfort. 1t is for these reasons
that he works the hospitals. AS
these institutions in all our large
cities are run independently of each
other, it is a comparatively easy
task. In New York he has large
field.
Starting with Bellevue, he can
run through the whole list of free
hospitals without fear of detection.
1t is not until the physicians dis
cover that his malady is incurable
and that he may live for several
years a helpless invalid that they
turn him over to the commission
ers of charity to be cared for at the
public expense. When this subject
is broached he prefers to care for
himself, and he does it by applying
to another hospital.
When New York is no longer AN
eligible place he migrates to Boston
or Philadelphia and repeats his op-
eratiOns. From there he will 60 to
every large city east of the Missis-
sippi, and in the course Of a few
years, if he remains alive, will re-
appear in New York, forgotten in
the lapse of time, to recommence
his strange journey. Some have
money, but it is not known until
after their death. One old friend
less man, who lived for years in
this manner, narrowly escaped the
dissecting knife or the Potter's field.
A bank book was discovered in the
lining Of his coat two days after he
was dead. Between its covers was
a curious document. In substance
it stated that he had in the latter
years of his life but three fears
one that he might be committed to
some public institution; the second
that he would after his death be
carved in the interest of SCIENCE"
and the third that his burial would
be that of pauper. The amount
to his credit in the savings bank
was over 500. He was buried in
a separate grave in one of our sub
urban cemeteries, and a marble
tombstone marks the place of his
rest. There is something pathetic
in this. Knowing that death was
inevitable, being without friends or
the ability to earn money, he stead
fastly clung to the little fund which
was to accord him o respectable
burial.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-03-19

sluice seems to be about the surest
plan, and a great fortune awaits the
man that first perfects process
that will separate and and save the
fine -four gold from the sands of
Snake river. The gold is so fine
that it takes several colors together
before they become visible to the
naked eye but the gold is of good
quality, being worth $21 per ounce.
IDAHo's MINERAL BELT
Is some three hundred miles long,
and from 20 to 200 wide, in fact the
entire central region from Snake
river to the south, to the British
possessions on the north, is full of
retal ribbed mountains, which
only need the hand Of capital to
open up roads, SO that supplies can
be got into this great wilderness,
when the sturdy miner will be there
and bring to light the hidden treas
ures of this vast storehouse Of ma
ture's wealth.
According to the estimates made
in 1886 of the production Of the
precious metals in the U. S., the
most important are as follows:
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-03-19

MAJoR-GENERAL Crook, U. 9. A.,
says: "h is my firm conviction
that the Indian should have the
full rights of the American citizen,
including the ballot. l know that
l may be considered hasty, but I
say, Give them the ballot now"
Not, says the New York World,
until the women are all voting,
General. Let US wind up with no.
BILE aborigines-though, as q matter
of fact, the Indians doom is sealed
the day he begins to rally around
the bailot-box.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-03-19

A FRENcHMAN advises any one
who is unhappy about anything to
90 into his room and comfort him.
self with a good cry. He says that
groaning and crying will servo
mora than anything else to allay
grief, and tells of a man who once
reduced his pulse from 1875 to 6O
in the course of a few hours by CIV
ing full vent to his emotions.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-03-19

Asking . good deal. The Queen
dear, l fain would hear
thee play upon the banjo. The
Prince-What shall play, mother
=" Wen Get There By-and-By %?
The Queen-No Albert play God
Save the Queen"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-03-19

The KEYsroxH has long been acknowi
edged to be the sole representative of the
Great Upper Wood River and eawtootl.
mining regions, and, located na II is in the
very heart Of the most promising mining
country on the face of the earth. and leav-
ing nothing undone to present its readers =
Developments, a. well as matters of local
importance in the growth of Ketchum, the
future metropolis OF Idaho. it is an ninvaua-
BILE guide for capital and informant to the
settler of every craft and position. Sub
scribe for it, read it, and let your friends
read what may benefit them.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-03-19

THERE are now on tho pension
roll of the war Of 1912 only 2045
surviving pensioners, while there
are II 7,212 surviving of the widows
of pensioners.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-03-19

A NAN in st. Paul the other day
'xippad, I'll forward and veo@n1ly
vtran - ~ he&ino ~ AAbSa
LtoaaS d,ttiie dom tAepoA
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-03-19

The man who is always borrow
ing trouble would not b % much
of q nuisance if he wcfe 70 keep it
and never attempt to pay it back.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-03-19

A GROSS Of steel pens, formerly
costing >84, may now b produeed
for 8 cents.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-09-08
LOUISA LAWRENCE co. KY SEPTEMBER
CONVICT CAMP HORRORS.
Prisoners Whipped and shot to Death In
Georgia Like wolves-An oniciai In
dicted.

Prisoners Whipped and shot to Death In
Georgia Like wolves-An Oniciai In
dicteds
ATLANTA, Ga, Aug. Ex-Governor Cor
don received information to-day from
Dodge County of case Of brutality to ths
convicts in Degrees Camp which had been
uneartbed by the Dodge County grand
jury, At that camp, where fifty con-
vlcts are worked, the superintendents
name is Bryant. One Of the convicts was
made To work by the fire. He com
planned Of being sick, but with the lash
Bryant compelled him TO keep at work un-
I'll at last the convict fell dead at his feet.
The grand jury has indicted Bryant for
murder, but he heard of it and has escaped
into Alabama. The other convicts were
equally badly treated Another case was
that of negro who escaped from the
camp. The managers supposed that
he would make his escape by the rail-
road, and sent guard to intercept him.
The guard went to cut below the sta
ton where there had been an old mill AT
ter some time he heard the clanking Of
chains, and knew that the negro was COM
ing. The negro came in sight and was
shot dead. The guard said he halted the
negro and he ran. This statement was
controyerted by the fact that every shot
was fired into the negro's breast in front.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-09-08
WANT LIKE FOR LIKE.


PErEHsBuRG, Va, Aug, 81. The city to-
day is in a feyerish state OF excitement
over clash between the races. Last week
negro was fined $50 and sent 10 Jail for
striking white woman. On Friday DR..
Hinton, o prominent physician, struck
colored girl. He was arrested and the
case continued to to-day. The negroes de-
inanded that the doctor receive the same
punishment as that inflicted on the negro.
A violent card, signed by prominent ne
groes, was published in the htdee 1ppeIi
yesterday. The signers and the editors
were arrested for libel. The excitement
has become SO intense that the mayor has
ordered three companies of militia TO hold
themselves in readiness for any emer-
gcncy. Great anxiety is felt over the re-
suit Of to-day's decision.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-09-08
Firc.swept pralries.

MEXICO, Mo, Aug. 3l.-The whole coun.
~ east Of Mexico was on fire yesterday.
The farms of W. +. Reed and Earl Cum
ningham were swept by the ilames-tak-
ing fences, haystacks and every thing
coming in reach--and but for corn-feld
which stopped the flames, thousands of
acres would have burned. The loss is
very heavy. The fire caught from an en-
gine on the Chicago q Alton. There has
been no rain here since the 2d of July.
Every thing is parched, and this being n
great stock county, they are suffering
terribly from the effects The prospects
for stockmen in this county are not fiat
teriug
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-09-08
FELL FIVE HUNDRED FEET,
Drea,lful Death of an Indian Balloon As
censlonIst.

PRINoEroS, Mo-, Sspt. LAT the Mercer
County fair yesterday afternoon Randall
Blakeslee, half-brccd Indian, made a
balloon ascension hanging TO atrapeze bar.
In the ascent tho balloon shot up sudden
~, giving BlalSeslee severe wrench and
he was unable tolpup himself on the bar,
but managed TO hold himself up by loop
which he had drawn around his wrist.
After travelling about IL mile and half,
reaching the altitude Of 1000 feet, the bal
loon began to descend, but the poor fell
lows strength gave out, and, when wit in
five hundred feet Of the earth, his grip re-
laxcd and he fell to the earth, lighting on
his feet in cornfeld, his thighs being
broken and driven into the trunk of his
body. Death was instantaneous.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-09-08
Dccimated by Diphlheria.

PIrTsuuRGu, Pa, Sept. .. An epidemic
OF black diphthcria is raging nj Lockport
Pa, 4 small town Of two hundred in-
habi,ants, situated on the Pennsylvania
city. Nearly half OF the population arc re-
ported down with the disease, and thir-
teen deaths have occurred within the past
five days. Recently an old viaduct which
formed a part Of the state Canal, was de.
stroyed by dynamite n; that point, leaving
stagnnnt pools OF water which It is be
Iieyed caused the epidemic, The victims
are seized with baci vomit, and usually
die In two or three DAYS
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-09-08
SETTLEMENT WITH THE UTEs
That Is. the whites Have Adjusted the
Trouble to suit Themselves.

DENVER Col, Sept IA special from
Meeker, dated September I, says that q
conference between Governor Adams
aud General Crook resulted in Crook
agreeing 10 plnce two companies Of
Government troops on the line between
the Uintah Reservation and Colorado
for the protection of settlers, and thercaf
ter TO keep the Utes out OF Colorado. Tho
utes are 10 have their horses returned
and be paid out OF the surplus of theiI
own annuity for such stock as has been
lost Governor Adams and party leave
for Denver tonight, aud General Crook
starts for Omaha.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-09-08
MInncsola,s Wheal and Flour.

MiNNrAPoLis, MISS, Sept, 1.-The Etvn.
'ag Journal publishes to-day statement Of
the wheat receipts and shipments at this
market for the crop year ending August
-. The receipts are shown 10 have been
-, 9is $50 bushels, an increase over the
previous year OF s,54l, 100 bushels The
shipments were losA, 73o bushels Tho
-four product OF Minneapolis mills for the
same period was G,3a3, 49, barrels, an in.
crease Of Nj, 15G barrels over the previous
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-09-08
Didn't Take Her Bearlnas.

NEw YoRK, Sept MARY Ford, who
arrived in this city yesterday, with her
three children from Locust Valley, CAL,
left them at a hotel in Jersey City and
came TO New York TO see some friends.
She could not find her acquaintance, and
started back to Jersey City, Then she
failed TO fiud the hotel where she had left
her children and her money. To-day she
came to police headquarters and obtained
the aid Of the police in search for the chill
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-09-08
Killed by a FalIinu scaf,old.

WiLLIAMsPoRT, Pa, Aug 3l.-The scaf-
folding at the new Catholic Church of the
Annunciation, of this city, gave way this
morning and four men fell about sixty feet
to the ground. Raphael Boka and Charles
Marbet were killed. John Winner and
Thos. Railley were badly injured and
have since died. A fifth man, who was on
the scaffolding, saved himself by grasp
ing window just as the timbers fell. The
scaffolding was made of weak timbers.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-09-08

GrNrvA, lit, sept. i.-Grost excitement
prevails here and at Batavia over pun
thor which, II is supposed, escaped from
some inenayeric, and is now roaming
about in the woods between the two
places, II has killed half dozen dogs,
two COWS, aud exhumed several bodies
from tho East Side Cemetery at Batavia
II has been scen'by several persons, aud
last night man named Huntley shot at Il
rs II WAS prowling about his house. Large
hunting parties ara in search OF II, but
this far without success.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-09-08
THE HAVANA RIOTS.
Employees of the Custom House
Discharged for Alleged Frauds.
A Mad Popuiaec Held In Check by Cannons
and Carblnes Mt Every street Corner.

NEW YoRK, Sept, 1.-Mail advlces
from Havana dated the eth ult. give the
following version OF the recent riotous
demonstrations there: The most inn
portant event Of the week was the unex-
pected visit Of General Marin to tho
Custom house for the purpose OF as
ceriaining the real cause Of the con-
siderable decrease observed in the pro-
coeds from customs This unusual
measure gave rise TO some excitement
in certain circles, but the Generals
action IS highly commended by the busi-
ness community Scarcely any thing is
known by the public as 70 the extent OF
the frauds, but all the employees Of the
Cnstom-house were discharged and new
appointments made On the subsequent
day, despite the Governor-General's prohi-
bition, q demonstration took place amid
cheers for Spain, General Marin, and par
tIcularly General Salamanca. A scgond
demonstration was to have taken place
the following evening" but was
prevented by the police and troops, pro-
yiously distributed throughout the parks
aud principal streets. In view of this tie
Government issued a proclamation sug-
gesting to the people 10 abstain from fur
thor demonstrations, and yet third one
was got up for Thursday last. A crowd
assembled at tho park numbering over
two thousand, but the troops charged
upon and dispersed them, wounding seven.
AT first these demonstrations were merely
forthe purpose Of congrainlating General
Marin upon his severe measures against
the authors Of the frauds and irregulari-
tics In the Custom-house, but they subse-
qucntly assumed new aspect, for the
cheers are now exclusively for General
Salamanca This change is caused, 1t is
said, by the enraged employees who lost
their positions in the Custom-house. The
rioters are demanding OF the Government
General Salamancn's appointment as Gov
ernor-General Of the island.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-09-08
Exnress An ami Arrested.

PETERsBuRO, VA, Sept. 2.--Jcsse Eugene
Mcrwin, late agent of the National Ex-
press Company, at Glons Falls, n. Y, alb
seconded Saturday August 20, having
stolen 5000 from the company. He was
accompanied by Mrs. Name Montgomery,
nee Curbin, whs is said to be the wife Of a
New Yorker. Tho couple have been ar
rested at Henderson, n. G., and viii 6e
tnllon bnck To Now York.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-09-08
SHERIFF MULvnRNoNs FATE.
Confirmation OF the Report That lie Was
shot by the Tewksbury-Graham Out

laws.
SAN FRAscIseo Sept. "A Flagstaff
tArizona) special says; Reports received
to-day reiterate the report that Sheriff
Mulyernon, Of Yavapal County, was shot
in the encounter with the Tewksbury- Ora
ham outlaws in Tonton Basin about ono
hundred miles south OF here. lie died
soon after the fight. Five OF tho
deputy sheriffs with him were
wounded In the same fight Eleven
OF the outlaws are reported killed.
Mulyernon and his posse left Prescott a
week ago with warrants for the arrest OF
ten men who were implicated IN The kill.
ing OF three cow-boys. Three weeks ago
posse from here joined them ON the road
Nothing has been heard from them direct
~ until to-day The rumors of yesterday
We're discredited last night The widest
reports are now In circulation, and an
armed posse has gone 20 The relief of the
deputy sheriffs
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-09-08

fEonIA, ILL, Sept, s.--Services have
been secured on the Toledo, Peoria aud
Western railroad by the shcrih Of this
county in cases thus far filed by claimants
for death and injuries resulting from the
Chatsworth wreck to the amount of $780,
onn
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-09-08
Choapcr Cable RaIes.

New YORK, Sept 1.-The Commercial
Cable Company this morning issued cir
cular giving II reduction of cablo rates.
On and after September Is, 1857, the tariff
VIII be twelve cents per word to Great
Britain, Ireland and France, and fifteen
cents per word to Germany.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-09-08
Hunury Bears n Wcs, VIRGINIA..

CHARLESTON, Sept "A large number
Of bears have made their appearance on
Campbell's creek, twehty miles from here,
and are doing a great amount OF damage
to the corn aud other crops. In a number
OF cases they have entered the farmers
pig-pcns and parelkcn of Tho inmates A
party is being organized hero, Senator
Scnna being among them, for the purpose
OF giving battle To bruin
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-09-08
No plaon for Chinatown.

Los ANGELES, Sept. i.--Chnatown, in
this city, was completely burned out four
weeks ago, aud new location was decided
upon. The people gathered in such force
AT the site Of the proposed new Chinatown
this afternoon, and used such stormy Ian
gungc that the owners had to promise not
10 locate the Chinese there. It's expected
that the Chinese viii find great difficulty
in securing any location in the city.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-09-08
Memorial 10 Confederate Dead.

WASHINGTON, Sept 1.-The Secretary of
War has approved the request of the Ex-
Confederate Association at Chicago to
erect memorial TO the Confederate dead
buried in the Government lot in Oak Woods
Cemetery, near that city, under such reg
ulations MS may be prescribed by the
Quartermaster General.